International Museum Workers Day: A Profile on Resident Historian Konrad Kwiet
June 21, 2018
Today is International Museum Workers Day. Today we recognise our longest serving staff member, Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, whose service to the Sydney Jewish Museum predates its official …
World Refugee Day: Bridging the gap
June 20, 2018
Today is World Refugee Day: an annual global day of commemoration and a vehicle through which to raise awareness about issues affecting refugees. It is also a time to celebrate …
Holocaust survivor awarded Order of Australia Medal
June 19, 2018
The Sydney Jewish Museum is proud to announce that Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman, long-serving volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum since its inception in 1992, was recognised on the Queen’s …
Survivor Portraits – Tom Fleming
May 25, 2018
This month we introduce Tom Fleming. Tom was born in 1938 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. With a twinkle in his eye and a mischievous grin on his face, you can still …
A Profile of Eleanor Roosevelt
May 18, 2018
Eleanor Roosevelt – wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt – was an outspoken public figure in her own right. Fiercely independent, she was an author, humanitarian, and champion of diverse …
A rare coincidence – Shavuot
May 17, 2018
Did you know that Shavuot is the only biblical festival that does not have a specific date prescribed in the Torah? Instead, the Torah merely instructs that Shavuot must fall …
Justice in Australia – A special visitor
May 15, 2018
Recently, a visitor to the Sydney Jewish Museum revealed that he had worked as a Senior Investigator for the Special Investigations Unit of the Federal Attorney-General’s Department, which was set …
Did You Know: The Polish Catholic midwife of Auschwitz
May 7, 2018
Did You Know? Polish Catholic midwife Stanisława Leszczyńska delivered 3,000 babies in Auschwitz from 1940-1945. Stanisława Leszczyńska was born in Lodz, Poland, living in relative peace until the Nazi of …
“It’s just what is in your heart”
May 7, 2018
Recently, a visitor to the Museum reminded us, and Holocaust survivor Olga Horak, of the importance of sharing poignant stories of suffering and survival with younger generations. Some months after …
Survivor Portraits – Francine Lazarus
April 30, 2018
This month we introduce Holocaust survivor Francine Lazarus. Francine was born in 1938 in Ixelles, 2 years before the Nazis invaded Belgium. Belgium was invaded on 10 May 1940, after …
On the Ship that Launched a Nation
April 26, 2018
When our curators delved into the Museum archive to select some of the most intriguing, unexpected objects in the collection for our current temporary exhibition, Unseen Untold: Our Curious Collection, they …
Anzac Day – A day of remembrance
April 24, 2018
Anzac Day is a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, that honours those who served and died in wars and conflicts. In our current exhibition, Unseen Untold: Our …
Yom HaShoah – We Remember
April 13, 2018
This week, we commemorated Yom HaShoah and remember the victims of the Holocaust. Every day the education team at the Sydney Jewish Museum facilitates conversations between Holocaust survivors and school …
Toilet humour
April 12, 2018
Hitler’s black ‘toothbrush’ moustache is an easily identifiable feature of this dictator’s face. Numerous cartoonists satirise his distinctive features. David Low, a prominent New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist living …
Survivor Portraits – Egon Sonnenschein
March 29, 2018
This month we introduce Egon Sonnenschein. Egon was born in 1930 in Ptuj, Yugoslavia. Egon came of age as a fugitive. The softly spoken individual was a child of 10 …
Judaica with an Australian twist is rare to come by
March 20, 2018
Judaica with an Australian twist is rare to come by. With Pesach around the corner, the Sydney Jewish Museum is excited to have acquired a rare and possibly unique item …
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